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List of works by Emily E Sickbert-Bennett

1141. Microbial Assessment of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens on Various Environmental Sites in Patient Rooms After Terminal Room Disinfection

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1242. Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on LTCF Environmental Surfaces

1727. Sustained Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Disinfectant Against Healthcare Pathogens

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2440. Using a geospatially explicit agent-based model of a regional healthcare network to assess varied antibiotic risk on Clostridioides difficile infection incidence

article by Sarah Rhea et al published 23 October 2019 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

529. Halting Multi-Modal Transmission of a Novel Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Outbreak

A bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum traced to use of contaminated ice used for bronchoalveolar lavage

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

A multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection associated with contaminated intravenous magnesium sulfate from a compounding pharmacy

scientific article published on 24 July 2007

A quantitative approach to defining "high-touch" surfaces in hospitals

scientific article published in August 2010

Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Antimicrobial activity of a continuously active disinfectant against healthcare pathogens

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Application of Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Technology for Continuous Room Decontamination of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Negative Results from A Preliminary Experimental Study.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Assessing nurses' adherence to a central line maintenance care checklist on a pediatric inpatient unit

scientific article

Assessment of Self-Contamination During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola Patient Care

scientific article published on August 2016

Assessment of a Mandatory Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccination Requirement on Vaccine Uptake over Time

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

A Preliminary Study of Germicidal Efficacy against Candida auris

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

COVID-19 Surveillance: Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted, and not Everything That Can be Counted Counts<sup>a</sup>

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: frequency of hospital room contamination and survival on various inoculated surfaces

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Changes in the incidence of health care-associated pathogens at a university hospital from 2005 to 2011.

scientific article published on 26 April 2014

Chronic hepatitis B infection in healthcare personnel identified after nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine: A report of 4 cases

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses

scientific article

Comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Comparison of hospitalwide surveillance and targeted intensive care unit surveillance of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on November 2007

Completeness of Communicable Disease Reporting, North Carolina, USA, 1995–1997 and 2000–2006

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Completeness of Surveillance Data Reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network: An Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Ascertained in a Tertiary Care Hospital, 2010

scientific article published on December 5, 2011

Compliance with isolation precautions at a university hospital

scientific article

Continuous room decontamination technologies.

scientific article published in June 2019

Creation of a Geospatially Explicit, Agent-based Model of a Regional Healthcare Network with Application to Clostridioides difficile Infection

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Descriptive analysis of healthcare-associated infections other than bloodstream, respiratory, urinary tract, or surgical site infections, 2001-2011.

scientific article published on 29 October 2012

Device-related infections in home health care and hospice: infection rates, 1998-2008

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Does a mobile dust-containment cart reduce the risk of healthcare-associated fungal infections during above-ceiling work?

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Does coating all room surfaces with an ultraviolet C light-nanoreflective coating improve decontamination compared with coating only the walls?

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

Effectiveness of a Hydrogen Peroxide Mist (Trophon) System in Inactivating Healthcare Pathogens on Surface and Endocavitary Probes

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Effectiveness of improved hydrogen peroxide in decontaminating privacy curtains contaminated with multidrug-resistant pathogens

scientific article published on April 2014

Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials

scientific article published on May 2016

Efficacy of selected hand hygiene agents used to remove Bacillus atrophaeus (a surrogate of Bacillus anthracis) from contaminated hands

scientific article published in March 2003

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influe

scientific article

Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Epidemiologic characteristics of health care-associated outbreaks and lessons learned from multiple outbreak investigations with a focus on the usefulness of routine molecular analysis

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Evaluation of Cloth Masks and Modified Procedure Masks as Personal Protective Equipment for the Public During the COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Filtration Efficiency of Hospital Face Mask Alternatives Available for Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Frequency of contamination of single-patient-use nebulizers over time

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

From VAP to VAE: Implications of the New CDC Definitions on a Burn Intensive Care Unit Population

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method.

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Healthcare-associated infections among patients in a large burn intensive care unit: incidence and pathogens, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

High Levels of Hand-Hygiene Compliance Are a Worthwhile Pursuit

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Identification of novel risk factors for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection using spatial statistics and geographic information system analyses

scientific article

Impact of Safety-Engineered Devices on the Incidence of Occupational Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel in an Academic Facility, 2000-2014.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Incidence and risk factors of non-device-associated pneumonia in an acute-care hospital

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Incidence and risk factors of non-device-associated urinary tract infections in an acute-care hospital

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Incidence of Catheter-Associated and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Healthcare System

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Invasive Cutaneous Rhizopus Infections in an Immunocompromised Patient Population Associated with Hospital Laundry Carts

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

July effect: impact of the academic year-end changeover on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on 3 February 2014

Lessons learned from a norovirus outbreak in a locked pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit

scientific article published in October 2005

Longitudinal trends in all healthcare-associated infections through comprehensive hospital-wide surveillance and infection control measures over the past 12 years: substantial burden of healthcare-associated infections outside of intensive care unit

scientific article

Microbial Assessment of High-, Medium-, and Low-Touch Hospital Room Surfaces

scientific article published on December 18, 2012

Microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with that of hospital-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Modeling inpatient and outpatient antibiotic stewardship interventions to reduce the burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in a regional healthcare network

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

New and emerging infectious diseases (Ebola, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Candida auris): Focus on environmental survival and germicide susceptibility

scientific article published in June 2019

On contact precautions: the good, the bad, and the ugly

scientific article published on 3 February 2014

Outbreaks associated with contaminated antiseptics and disinfectants

scientific article published on October 2007

Pitfalls in the Development of a Standardized Measure of Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel

scientific article published on February 19, 2013

Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation

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Preventable Patient Harm: a Multidisciplinary, Bundled Approach to Reducing Clostridium difficile Infections While Using a Glutamate Dehydrogenase/Toxin Immunochromatographic Assay/Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Diagnostic Algorithm

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Hospital Location of Catheter Insertion

scientific article published on August 21, 2012

Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on Hospital Room Environmental Surfaces Contributing to Healthcare-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Reducing health care-associated infections by implementing a novel all hands on deck approach for hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published on May 2016

Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices

scientific article published on September 2016

Relative frequency of health care-associated pathogens by infection site at a university hospital from 1980 to 2008.

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Reply to Eric Schlote regarding "Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms"

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Reply to Randal W. Eveland regarding comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Reply to Saliou et al.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Review of fungal outbreaks and infection prevention in healthcare settings during construction and renovation

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Burn Patients

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

scientific article published on June 2010

Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Due to Contaminated Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Graft.

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Susceptibility of Candida auris and Candida albicans to 21 germicides used in healthcare facilities

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Susceptibility to measles, mumps, and rubella in newly hired (2006-2008) healthcare workers born before 1957

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Sustained and prolonged reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections as a result of multiple interventions

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Syndromic surveillance for emerging infections in office practice using billing data

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Systems-based Practice in Burn Care: Prevention, Management, and Economic Impact of Health Care-associated Infections

scientific article published on 29 July 2017

The compliance coach: A bedside observer, auditor, and educator as part of an infection prevention department's team approach for improving central line care and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection risk

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

The effects of test variables on the efficacy of hand hygiene agents

scientific article published on April 2004

The growing importance of non-device-associated healthcare-associated infections: a relative proportion and incidence study at an academic medical center, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

The holy grail of hand hygiene compliance: Just-in-time peer coaching that leads to behavior change

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

The little things matter-How peer audits contribute to CLABSI prevention

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Use of germicides in health care settings-is there a relationship between germicide use and antimicrobial resistance: A concise review

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Utility of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Codes for Communicable Disease Surveillance

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

What's In A Name? A "Cluster" Of Hospital Epidemiologists

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

What's new in reprocessing endoscopes: Are we going to ensure "the needs of the patient come first" by shifting from disinfection to sterilization?

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Would a Rose by Any Other Name Really Smell as Sweet? Framing Our Work in Infection Prevention

scientific article published on 18 June 2018